FIRE ECOLOGY
SPECIES: Arctostaphylos patula | Greenleaf Manzanita 



FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS : 
Greenleaf manzanita has a dynamic relationship with fire [18].  This
shrub has adapted specialized reproductive processes that enhance its
ability to survive fires [36].  It can reestablish by sprouting from
dormant buds in the root burl or from fire-stimulated germination of
dormant residual seeds in the soil [36,59,66].  

Greenleaf manzanita is very susceptible to fire due to its stand
density, presence of volatile materials in its leaves, low moisture
content of foliage during summer, and the persistence of its dead
branches and stems [10,18,51].  This shrub forms stands that are
conducive to very rapid and extensive fire spread due to its physical
and chemical characteristics [33].



POSTFIRE REGENERATION STRATEGY : 
   Small shrub, adventitious-bud root crown
   Ground residual colonizer (on-site, initial community)

Related categories for Species: Arctostaphylos patula | Greenleaf Manzanita